turn to account

Example Sentences

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Indeed, I scarce knew how shadowy and vague it was till I wrote it down here, and yet there is that within it which a really strong hand might turn to account.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund

But they inspired nothing that I could turn to account in my lady's album; nothing that could serve to introduce the compliment always expected in the last stanza.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

The Post Office having made book parcels profitable, may try to turn to account the conveyance of other, whether lighter or heavier, articles of trade.

From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.

Did Chr�tien invent the genre, or did he simply turn to account the work of earlier, and less favoured, poets?

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

In order to turn to account the winter season, Beechey visited San Francisco and cast anchor yet again off Honolulu in the Sandwich Islands.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.